Diligent vs Devout - What's the difference?
diligent | devout |
Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.
* Bible, Acts x. 2
* Rogers
(archaic) Expressing devotion or piety.
Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest.
(obsolete) A devotee.
(obsolete) A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.
As adjectives the difference between diligent and devout
is that diligent is performing with intense concentration, focus, responsible regard while devout is devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.As a noun devout is
(obsolete) a devotee.devout
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- a devout man, and one that feared God
- We must be constant and devout in the worship of God.
- devout''' sighs; '''devout''' eyes; a '''devout posture
- devout wishes for one's welfare